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    South-South and triangular cooperation in Asia-Pacific: towards a new paradigm in development cooperation

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008
    The notion of South-South Cooperation (SSC) – capacity building, trade and investment between developing countries for self-reliance and growth – first became popular in the 1960s as former colonies began to address the challenges of underdevelopment.
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    Gender sensitive disaster management: a toolkit for practitioners

    Earthworm Books, 2008
    The risks and vulnerabilities that people face from natural disasters are as much a product of their social situation as their physical environment. Vulnerabilities and capacities of individuals and social groups evolve over time and determine people’s abilities to cope with disaster and recover from it.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    From risk to resilience: the cost-benefit analysis methodology

    ProVention Consortium, 2008
    Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is an established tool for determining the economic efficiency of development interventions. A limited number of studies have demonstrated that disaster prevention can pay high dividends. Despite the benefits, disaster risk management (DRM) measures are rarely implemented and there is, for the most part, a reliance on reactive, after-the-fact approaches.
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    Migration affects the health of mothers and children in Rajasthan’s slums

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In Rajasthan, more babies and children die than in most other Indian states. The children of migrant workers are especially vulnerable compared to the children of non-migrant families. The fact that poor people have to move on a regular basis has important consequences for their health and their diet.
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    Managing aid exit and transformation: lessons from Botswana, Eritrea, India, Malawi and South Africa: synthesis report

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2008
    In 2005 four donor countries – Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden – took the initiative for a joint donor evaluation of the management of country level exit processes in development cooperation.
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    A capital story

    IMF Publications, 2008
    Capital flows are at historic highs in Low-Income Countries (LICs). Private-source inflows have quadrupled relative to LIC GDPs since the 1980s. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has risen also more than tenfold between the 1980s and 2006. However, official aid to poor countries has not become visible. The reasons for the dramatic shift are diverse.
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    Older people’s associations in community disaster risk reduction: a resource book

    HelpAge International, 2007
    Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in which older men and women can contribute in planning and coordinating community responses to disasters. [adapted from author]
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    People, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development

    National alliance for disaster risk reduction (NADRR), 2007
    This document outlines the proceedings of a two-day workshop entitled ‘People, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development’ held in 2007 in New Delhi. The workshop focused on sharing lessons and building partnerships to scale up community-led disaster reduction initiatives.
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    National alliance for disaster risk reduction (NADRR) (NADRR)

    The National Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction (NADRR) was launched in India on November 4, 2007 at a meeting of over  150 civil society leaders.

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